Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 August 1947 — Page 16

The Indianapolis Times PAGE 16 Friday, Aug. 22, 1947

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Give Light and the People Will Find Thetr Own Woy

Justice on South Alabama St.

F you have been reading the descriptions by Richard Lewis of our municipal courts the last few days, the impression is no doubt fairly clear that these tribunals fall somewhat short of their ideal of dispensing impartial justice, that the guilty who go there too frequently escape unscathed while the innocent too often are penalized. The major faults of the system, which appears to have ~ grown up here slowly over a period of years, obviously are: ONE: Our loose use of pro tem and special judges, which has made it possible for a smart defense lawyer to by-pass the responsible courts entirely, and get his case tried before some lawyer of his own liking—who could be his own law partner so far as the law and the system are concerned. TWO: Inept and inadequate prosecution. Part-time deputy prosecutors assigned to these courts apparently rarely even hear of the cases they are to prosecute before the trial actually opens, can only infrequently know whether the defendant they are prosecuting is guilty or innocent or what the evidence may be for or against him, In court they are thus at the mercy of able, well prepared, courtwise defense lawyers—and they seldom win, THREE: The remarkable pre-occupation of municipal court lawyers and judges especially temporary judges, with legal technicalities of the most doubtful nature. Only occasionally does a major criminal case hinge upon the facts that establish guilt or innocence. Much more often’ it is decided by a presumed flaw in a warrant or affidavit, or by a technical move to keep away from the court such evidence as there is. ’

~ ~ vy » . MUNICIPAL JUDGE ALEX M. CLARK yesterday took a major constructive step toward correcting the first of these weaknesses. lle proposes to call in circuit court | judges from neighboring counties to hear pending gambling cases if the defendants ask for special judges, They may not ask, in which case Judge Clark will hear the cases himself. In either event this insures hearing of the charges by professional rather than amateur judges, without prejudice] and unlikely to be taken in by slick technicalities. Another constructive step could be taken by assignment of full time, able deputy prosecutors to these courts, with opportunity to investigate all cases fully in advance of trial. It might cost a little more money—or it might not. Such investigation would likely turn up enough innocent defendants, without trial} to balance off the cost of better preparation for trial of the others. These two moves should go a long way toward correcting the third evil—the undue reliance on slick, but petty,

Paving the Way

"I do not agree with a word that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it."—Voltaire.

Hoosier Forum 'Dunking' a Symbol of Democracy, Good Fellowship and Good Humor

By Bert Nevins, National Dunking association I hope The Times will not drop Will you help us find the oldest dunker in the world? its fight to have the Ft. Benjamin We the National Dunking association are the men and women! Harrison area made into a city, who take our dunking seriously, We believe it is a universally beloved | pastime which should be encouraged. y [state Hatnt] park if he army Organized six years ago to spread good cheer and fellowship, we [doesn’t have any further use for-it. now have over three million members in every state in the union. They AS I understand, the war departrange from millionaires to factory workers, from stenographers to ment decided to keep it, but still is debutantes, Our quest for the oldest dunker in the world is no idle [investigating its use. It could be Dre. 2 up with it is our honest and sincere belief that we|that the government wouldn't want he dunkers of America, can help. —mr—m——— Ee w | preserve democracy and good fl. national gangster,” or words to that ok end ie ny * Jad, Jy voy lowship. We believe that the dunker | : I can’t see where it has any militar; —the rabid dunker—is a man with| 1f Mr. Gromyko is realistic, he ., 0" 214 if the war Rr a sense of humor and a downto. CD COrTectly interpret that pro- g,.. 'vielq to pressure and not give earth approach to life. We believe {OURGerER} a uhavize the latest "then I think it is not conthat ‘in these trying times, it immer Belen oxy Stalement sidering the taxpayers’ welfare. The important for Americans to preserve 8 e 1, S. 1s ready to help stop,

Don't Stop Fight For Park at Fort

By T. P. C, KE. 35th st.

technicalities to dispose of cases. With judges and prosecutors both better prepared for their jobs, most of these! tricks would probably fail, + . » » » » » HOSE are short term remedies, perhaps. There should be legislation to make permanent correction of the special judge and pro tem judge situations. Governor Gates went to considerable pains to select able and conscientious men for appointment to these benches, and we believe he chose well. The electorate itself chooses men for the higher court benches, and holds them accountable for their own acts. But it is worth little to have an able judge in office if he is not to be allowed to hear any important cases—if he is always to be replaced by an amateur without responsibilities to anybody when a really big decision is to be made. ~The bar association of this county, which in our opinion has too long neglected its own responsibility toward this and some of our other courts, might properly study and draft such legislation for the next general assembly.

Building Trouble for Others

HE lunatic fringe is on the loose again, with ku kluxism invading the realm of international relations. Anti-British slogans have been daubed on the walls of British consulates in New York; Chitfigo and Los Angeles. Thoughtless zealots have pasted insulting placards in front of the Soviet embassy in Washington. Communists and fellow-travelers have picketed Dutch consulates, protesting the Indonesian war, These senseless acts settle nothing. They invite reprisals against our citizens abroad. At home, they are likely to lead to direct-action feuds, because no creed, nationality or faction has a corner on lunacy. The freedoms we enjoy do not include the right to Indulge in dangerous mischief. Prejudice begets prejudice. Demonstrations inspired by mob spirit can start chain reactions which result in mob action. Let’s have an end to this dangerous: foolishness.

Spare NLRB

F the trend follows the International Association of Machinists we may be heading for that happy day when the volume of labor litigation will be small enough to be handled. “We are going to make every attempt to obey the law,” | says the union, meaning the Taft-Hartley law. It will not call upon the national labor relations board if it can be helped, but will attempt to settle differences directly with employers. : This is a sane attitdde, with or without the Taft-Hart-ley law. A big trouble with all recent labor legislation has been the inclination to let the government settle everything. We would have a comparable situation if every busi ness dispute were rushed to the courts. They would be swamped much as the NLRB has been, and delays would be mutiplied by delays. The NLRB should be used only in extreme cases, just "as the law courts are used only in extreme cases. Then the board would be able to keep up with its work. We hope the machinists mean it and that others, em-

ployers as well as ington suit.

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|particulary now when trajning for palgn to find the world's oldest > stop aggression by armed|y.. requires lots of space it must dunkir ix order that ‘we h {minorities, such as the communistic |, one of those establishments kept n r that we may honor n,,inorities in Greece, China, Roveal oy "vo appease Tocal terest P

founding _ fathers or . professional |goviet fifth I say close the fort as an army column. men honor the great among them.| yes Mr, Gromyko, we might just bast Ra use that land for rec-| The oldest dunker, we feel, as well lay the hard facts on the| 8 onal purposes lor ine come

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traits of dunking. He or she would the moment Russia and her puppet|, ro etn in a word symbolize what 'the rulers move to seize any nation Historians Should National Dunking association stands which calls for American military for—democracy, good fellowship assistance the foregoing statements Use Care on Dates ” and p | 1i d i y omer Altman, 2 rookside ave. 'd good humor | of i oF ryote Dave already ™,’) ve read with great profit und The world’s oldest dunker will|cOmmitted the United States to receive $100. Those interested come to that nation's aid, [satisfaction Mr. Marlow's historical should send photographs, name, ad- | And remember this, Mr. Gromyko, Saga of Indiana, dealing with the dress, age and length of dunking that while our American diplomatic| early days of Indiana. But in tne

. |action so far in Greece and other| .. experience 0, ulus Dunaing falions may have been erude, there edition vi The Times of Aug. 16, I York 18, N. Y, ’ is nothing crude about American ust tase issue with hin. He . military action: . . No sensible American wants war first interurban railway in Indiana Listen to This, and we hope’ that’ no sensible Rus-|from Anuerson to Alexandria which Mr. Gromyko By Edward F. Maddox, Indianapolis

sian wants war; but if Russia wants ran the first car over the line June to control Greece, Turkey, Iran,|i, 1908.” China or ‘any other non-Russian] Now I rode a bicycle up to An-

Mr. Gromyko of Russia might be nation more than they want peace,/dersun and rode up, not to Alex-|

greatly shocked and outraged by that 3 Russia's In, ho SU | Ahr ia. hut to. Summitville where {American government or people. We the ilae ended on Sept. 25, 1898. Devine a mere American citizen tell ian want war with Germany,|There . was met by a car on the iim a few things in plain American 1taly or Japan, but we could not Marion and- Summitville and rode

writing, but the only thing which |condone nor accept world domina-|all the way into Marton He also

will prevent that very thing from|tion by “brutal and ambitious says, “The first electric railway ii. happening is that The Times editor *88FessOrs. | America was in Richmond, Va. Jan ppening ies editor So think it over, Mr. Gromyko | 1809.” How can that be when I

refuse to print and publish this and remember

that the United rode one in 1898. Histor should letter to’ the Hoosler Forum. jfoee . Sag

[States is much better prepared for pe very careful I think ana get their Mr. Gromyko ought to have war now than it was in 1940. |dates straight or their whole hissomebody - to interpret the reall] If Russia sincerely wants peace [torical structure falls about their meaning of our American policy to|let her act peaceable. Mr, Gromyko ears. him and carefully analyze the full your diplomatic maneuvering has . » implications of the pronouncement taken Soviet control a long way, but k ill by President Truman sometime ago from now on you are going to have M& boo Si y that “The United States is ready(to face stronger and much more! 1 +1 to reach out aml help any peace|effective opposition. Do you get the With Neckties loving nation to stop an inter-|point?

Side Glances=By Galbraith

By Cool Clara, city | Why do men insist on wearing [neckties. in warm weather? It is | silly habit and nothing appears {sillier than a sweltering male with his wilted collar and flushed face {on these hot days. You men talk |about our styles and the impending long skirts which “will cover our |gams. Well, why don’t you get some [sensible clothes into your atyling. {Hot coats in summertime, piffie. |Ditte to ties and tight collars. If enough men would start wearing sports shirts downtown, they could change the styles themselves, I counted only 10 men with coats on in a four-block walk along Pennsylvania and Washington sts. last Monday. But almost every one of

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THE RECENT DISCOVERY of an ancient iron coffin by workmen digging on the property of the Diamond Chain Co. (402 Kentucky avg.) moved this departmen t to do some digging of its own. . The first death in the “settlement,” subsequently known as Indianapolis, is a subject of some controversy. For one thing, nobody knows for sure whether it was « man or woeman, Some historians, including Berry Sulgrave, insist that it was Daniel Shaffer; and some, like Matthias Nowland for instance, are just as sure that it was Mrs, Moxwell. This much is certain, however: The first woman that died . was the wile of John Maxwell, a “squire” (justice of the peace) who settled here in the spring of 1820. . She died on July 3, 1821, a victim of the malaria epidemic, and was buried on the bluff of Fall Creek near the site of the present Long hospital. Her grave is still intact and carefully cared for by reverent generations. .

First Man to Die ; THIS MUCH 18 TRUE, too: The first man that died was Daniel Shaffer, a merchant who came to these parts in January 1821, and opened a store on the high ground south of the creek (subsequently Pogues Run) near the present line of what is now South st. Ironically enough, Mr. Shaffer was a member of the commission appointed to select a site for the first cemetery in Indianapolis. According to Mr. Nowland, who was also a member of that commission, they picked a Sunday in August, 1821, to do their At the appointed time, they selected four acres on the east bank of the river in what is now the southwest part of Indianapolis. Mr, Shaffer was not present at the meeting. He had died in the summer following his arrival. Indeed, by the time the commission got ready to have its meeting, Mr. Shaffer had been buried on his own property at the corner of what i$ now South and Pennsylvania sts. Exactly one week after the commission had picked the site for our first cemetery, Mr. Shaffer's body was moved from its original grave to the grove of trees selected by his colleagues. : This cemetery served a generation or more.

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Is U.S. Equipped fo

| WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—When this appears, I shall be on my way to Europe. After an interval for travel, the column will be resumed from Germany. Primarily I shall try to report on what Americans are doing. in Europe—first in our occupation in Germany and Austria, and then with respect to relief and rehabilitation in Greece, Italy and Western Europe. The series will deal for the most part with Americans and what they are trying to do.

'Do We Have the Skill? WE TALK a lot about our role in the world. Some of it 1s big talk from those who preach an “American century” which would apparently be a kind of benevolent imperialism. Another school is anxious to advertise tie benefits of American democracy, stressing the need for us to take a constructive role in leading Europe out of the present swamp of collapse and despair. This last is close to official state department policy as publicly proclaimed. In its general objective it 1s the essence of the Marshall plan. But what about our capacity? Do we have the skill, the background, the knowledge to be tactful harbingers of the. American® way of life? Or, from the point of view of the more hard-boiled school, to be reasonable and efficient agents of an American imperium? Even more important, do we have the perseverance, the will, the resolution to go through with a long-term undertaking? Naturally the answer lies in large part here at home. Part of the story, however, is in Europe. It

Education Faces lts

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—When the nation’s school bells begin ringing this fall the so-called crisis | In American education automatically becomes at least 9 per cent worse than it was when schools closed tor the summer. This is because the first babies born in the U. S. war-birth boom have now reached school age, ac- | cording to the, U. S. office of education. It is estimated | that first-grade enrollments will be 9 per cent more than normal, and will continue to increase for at least the next six years as a result of the boom.

Congress Looked Ready THIS RAISES THE QUESTION of how long a | critical situation can be dignified with the title of | “crisis” before it becomes simply chronic. Among | themselves educators have been calling what is wrong | with the American schools a “crisis” for the ‘ast 10 | or 15 years, So during the past year when the public finally got let in on it, a lot of the education leaders were able to say pontifically, “Well, we told you 50." During the years through which they have nursed their crisis in relative obscurity, the leaders in the i.field of education have come ‘to agree on a prime cause, and also the cure. The most important cause lof U. 8. schools’ ills, they say, is low teachers’ salaries, although in trying to prove their, point they have almost gotten more interested in the intriguing statistics of the thing than the problem itself. And the cure, they have come to agree upon more recently. is some sort of federal help. At the start of the 80th congress it looked like something constructive might be done. The public seemed to ve sufficiently aroused to support anything which would bail the nation’s schools oui of thei: trouble. Senator Taft, the new senate spark plug, promised that he would do everything he could to get something done. And the education leaders apparently were ready to dq their part. But what happened? Even pesd¥e hearings on any bills started, it became apparent that, although there was unanimous agreement among educators on federal aid as the remedy, there was no agreement on Just what form %his federal aid to schools should take.

PARIS, Aug.” 22—Prance is overflowing with a brand new crop of rumors today as a result of the latest bold step by Charles de Gaulle. 1 The American hand is now .séen behind the general—not the hand of the state department, necessarily, but of American trusts and big business, like Dupont de Nemours. a ¢ The American purpose, it is being said, is to prevent the bolshevization of France.

Legislators Join Grou h E GAULLE'S RETU TO POWER, as leader of the anti-Communist majority in France, is seen today as likely to be quickened by the, formation of the Gaullist group within the national assembly, which the general announced this week. Fifty-five deputies belonging to various center

and rightwing parties have joined the group with 8 program designed “to promote real democracy and .

the

French parliament is undenial the most important development in French internal politics since the

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"I've been putting on dreamy, romantic records; but iy he’s going to do is burst out crying!”

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party within the Communist Press Quief SOCIALIST

OUR TOWN . . . By Anton Scherrer. Sex of First Death Here Unknown

In 1834, an additional five acres was purchased . extending from the border of the original graveyard to Kentucky ave. For a long time, the two plots went by the names of the “old” and “new” cemeteries, Later, however, when Indianapolis got to be sophisticated enougn to use euphemisms, the “new” graveyard came to be known as Union cemetery. The owners of the tract known as Union cemetery Nicholas McCarty, Dr. Isaac Coe, James Blake, James M. Ray and John G. Brown — made an agreement that all lots remaining unsold after 50 years, and all to which no heirs or assigns of the

~ original purchasers appeared, should become the

property of the survivor. He proved to be Mr. Ray, who assigned all his rights to the First Presbyterian church. ' ; : In 1852, Edwin J. Peck (president of the Vandalia R. R.) acquired seven and a half acres north of both cémeteries and laid it out as a real estate addition. Messrs. Blake and Ray were associated in this project, too. It extended to the Vandalia tracks on the north and to West st. on the east, leaving an open tract of forest, beautifully undulating between t and the river,

Rebel Prisoners Buried IN 1860, THIS LOVELY tract was laid off into a cemetery called Greenlawn, It lived up to its name. Two years later, the national government bought a, narrow tract along the Vandalia railway for a graveyard for rebel prisoners who died here. Two or three hundred such prisoners were buried there, but subsequently removed to Crown Hill, a cemetery started in 1863. Eight years later, in 1870 or thereabouts, Greenlawn was taken over by the railroad company

for its round house, wood house, water tanks and

blacksmith shops. After which,

gradually wormed its way in. Indeed, in 1913, thi i

played its games there. Zi The iron coffin found the other day by wérkmen digging on the property of the Diamond in 3 may turn out to be one of two things. Either it is a relic of the old Civil war days when ,febel soldiers were buried there or—and this is much’more probable —it may be something left over m the Federal league days; for, according to a local legend, Greenlawn was the burial site ofa lot of ball players who met their end without

Marquis Childs : r Job in’ Europe?

‘is in our ‘performance there to date, and in the attitudes Eupbpeans hold toward us. Ours is, for the time being, the greatest economic and ‘techrical power in the world. How we use that power, /or misuse it or fail to use it, will determine the shape of things to come for a long time.

U. S. Holds the Cards

EUROPE IS watching.

Federal league, of which Indianapolis was a member, Co

We cannot appreciate

#7 how closely our slightest move, whether at home or

abread, is followed. In a brilliant editorial recently, the Economist of London put it this way: “ ,.. if raw material resources, industrial capaecity, scientific “knowledge, productive ‘know-how’ skilled labor—if these alone were the ingredients of power, then the United States could take on the rest of the world single-handed. But though these things are essential ingredients, they are not all that it takes to make a great power. There. must also be the willingness, and the ability, to use economic resources in support of national policy. The rulers of Soviet Russia . are not likely, at least for a generation to come, to have nearly as good cards in their hands as ‘the Americans. But the nature of their system of concentrated power and iron censorship enables them to play a forcing game. The Americans’ hand is all trumps, but will any of them ever be played? And for what purpose?” The columns I write from Europe will also deal “with European political and economic trends. But the effort will be to keep the emphasis on Americans and American performance.

REFLECTIONS . . . By Douglas Larsen

September Crisis

The first struggle arose between parochial and private school leaders on the one hand; who think that they should get a share of any federal funds that are made available. And the opponents to this idea—led by the National Education association—think that only public, tax-supported schools should get help. This wasn’t a new issue. The National Educatien association has always steadfastly refused to give an inch on their stand on this question. The sniping which went on irritated congressmen who wanted to help the schools. Then, it developed, there was no agreement over how much money to ask for in the way of federal aid. Sénator Taft's bill ‘only called for $150,000,000. The National Education association decided to-go along with him. But a lot of support went to a bill offered by Senator George Aiken of Vermont to provide $400,000,000 the first year and up to more than a billion later. This fumbling around also diluted the main effort.

Federal Control of Schools WHEN THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS on the subject finally got started, it was discovered that although most educators agree that federal aid could be had without dangerous federal control of the schools, they had neglected to sell a lot of congressmen and state governors on this idea. Today the issue of federal contrql of schools seems to be the biggest stumbling olock to passage of a federal aid bill. On the. brighter side, however, it is pointed out that the senate committee has given a ‘favorable report on the Taft bill. In the house, the hearings are complete and there is some indication that a favorable report might be in the offing when the second session of the goth starts. While the main remedy for the crisis is bein hooted around, however, the states have taken it upon themselves to raise teachers an average of $400 a year throughout the country. But even so, the education leaders aren't so sure this is all to the good. They are worried lest it will encourage the great number of unqualified teachers to stay in their jobs. Meanwhile, what about Johnny, who is trying to learn his ABC's?

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WORLD AFFAIRS . . . By Paul Ghali De Gaulle Spearheads Anti-Red Drive

True, the existence of the Gaullists in parliament may also serve to tighten up the ties between the exireme left wing of the Socialist party and the Communists, precipitating the splitting of socialism in France. vipa But even a stronger Marxist bloc in the assembly could not balk De Gaulle’s chances, since the parliament majority is anti-Marxist.

The general himself has clearly demonstfated tha

he intends to fight his way back to power candid attitude at this moment gives the lie to who have been comparing his activities to those France's would-be military dictators. .

produced parties. general's own friends, has been

reticent so far, In its ‘newspaper Dawn. .

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